When Vector Meets Photo
http://www.layersmagazine.com/design/vector_photo.php

Kloskowski, Matt
Layers Magazine
2005

Abstract:

Mixing vector and photo is one of the hottest trends in the illustration industry today. We've seen this effect used in national ad campaigns from Anheuser-Busch to Hawaiian Tropic. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to create this effect in Illustrator. Before you begin, keep in mind that you can download the Illustrator source fi le used in this column.